[For persons in List A]

Questions 5.3 through 5.9 are asked for those persons ages 6 years or more

5.7 Did you complete any regional/provincial vocational training courses lasting 24 months or longer and requiring a middle school certificate for admission?

Questions 5.7 and 5.8
This refers to regional/provincial vocational training courses that last 24 months or longer and that require a middle school qualification for admission.

Only those who checked box 1 in question 5.7 should answer question 5.8, doing so by specifying the regional/provincial training program.

Three-year Programs for Vocational Training and Education (IFP). These courses fulfil the requirement to complete compulsory education and provide a vocational qualification (e.g. tourism promotion and reception, sales point operator, etc.). Check box 1 if you finished this program after 2005.

Legislative references: Agreement of 19th June 2003 on occasion of the Unified Conference Experimental vocational training and education programs; Agreement of 15th January 2004, no. 1901, on occasion of the Regional-State Conference; Agreement of 28th October 2004 on occasion of the Unified Conference - Definition of criteria and recommendation of models for final and intermediate certification and recognition of credits.

Other Regional/provincial vocational training programs dedicated to young unemployed individuals who have completed mandatory schooling and/or unemployed individuals aged over 25. Check box 2 if you completed a two-year regional/provincial vocational training program or finished a three-year program prior to 2006.